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"Australia has recorded its hottest ever winter temperature, with Yampi Sound
in the Kimberley region of Western Australia reaching 41.6C on Tuesday.
The record, which has been provisionally confirmed by the Bureau of
Meteorology, and will be officially confirmed by the organisation on Tuesday,
exceeds the old national record of 41.2C which was reached at West Roebuck on
23 August 2020.
The temperature is the new Australia-wide maximum temperature record for any
winter month.
Scientists say Australia is on track to record its hottest August on record as
global heating shortens winter and brings warmth typical of spring and summer.
Temperature records are being broken across Queensland, Western Australia,
Northern Territory and New South Wales as an “unseasonal burst” of sustained
hot weather engulfs the country.
Records for winter have been broken in the outback town of Oodnadatta in South
Australia which hit 39.4C, in Yulara in the NT which reached 36C and Fitzroy
Crossing, Derby and Wyndham, all in WA, which sweltered under 40.6C and 40.7C
and 40,6C respectively. Birdsville in Queensland had its hottest August day on
record, hitting 38.4C.
Large parts of Queensland and NSW are seeing temperatures many degrees warmer
than average for this time of year, while central Australia has sweltered
through heat 15C above average, Angus Hines, a senior meteorologist said.
“We’ve seen really warm weather around central and eastern parts of Australia,”
Hines said.
“It’s been going on for a number of days, lots of different weather stations …
got close to, or in some cases exceeded, record temperatures over the course of
the weekend.
“What’s really interesting about this warm stretch of weather, is it is going
to last for a long time.”"
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
